Limited Autographed Edition of On Active Service in Peace and War

Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy. ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN PEACE AND WAR. (2) volumes (complete). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Stated first edition. Limited edition; number 434 of 750 numbered and signed copies (of a total of 1250 copies). Signed by Stimson on the front limitation page of vol. I. Hardcovers. Blue cloth-covered boards with printed paper label on the spine; in dust jacket. 8vo; xxii, 320pp.; vi, [2], 323-698pp. with index. Portrait frontispiece in vol. I.

Each 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Bruce R. Kuniholm, University Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and History Emeritus, Founding Dean Emeritus of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Boards with mild wear to extremities, vol. II with slight separation from text block at head; one spine label with creasing and one with faint mark; a few marks to page edges; interiors lightly toned and extremely clean except for a couple of tiny spots of grime in vol. II; vol. II with some wear to endpapers and preliminaries including creasing, folds, and a couple of small tears, also lightly impacting first few leaves of the text; jackets with sunning, light edge wear, some rubbing and creasing at folds, and a few scuffs, vol. I with a couple of small areas of staining and a very small tear at the spine, and vol. II with a small loss at head of spine and a couple of longer tears with taped repairs to interior; jackets now in removable, protective mylar jackets; lacking original box. Overall a very good set.